| EC |
2.5.1.20 |
| Accepted name: |
rubber cis-polyprenylcistransferase |
| Reaction: |
polycis-polyprenyl diphosphate + isopentenyl diphosphate = diphosphate + a polycis-polyprenyl diphosphate longer by one C5 unit |
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For diagram of all-cis-polyprenyl diphosphate, click here |
| Other name(s): |
rubber allyltransferase; rubber transferase; isopentenyl pyrophosphate cis-1,4-polyisoprenyl transferase; cis-prenyl transferase; rubber polymerase; rubber prenyltransferase |
| Systematic name: |
polycis-polyprenyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate polyprenylcistransferase |
| Comments: |
Rubber particles act as acceptor. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 62213-41-6 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Archer, B.L. and Cockbain, E.G. Rubber transferase from Hevea brasiliensis latex. Methods Enzymol. 15 (1969) 476–480. |
| 2. |
McMullen, A.I. and McSweeney, G.P. The biosynthesis of rubber. Incorporation of isopentenyl pyrophosphate into purified rubber particles by a soluble latex-serum enzyme. Biochem. J. 101 (1966) 42–47. [PMID: 16742418] |
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| [EC 2.5.1.20 created 1976] |
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